Balaji Gunasekaran 
I remember the time when I first heard the term Profiling, I could barely write source code without googling every 10 minutes at that time and when I heard about profiling, I couldn’t help but tell myself that I will never be able to master programming! Then after a few years I became very comfortable … Read more
When I started out with a goal to become an embedded developer, I had no clue where to even begin as embedded systems cover a wide variety of fields including electronics, software engineering, microcontroller programming, PCB design, networking, chip design, etc., Due to a big knowledge base needed, entering this particular engineering field can seem … Read more
If you are a beginner, the first time you download the datasheet of the microcontroller you are using, you will be given a 1000 to 2000 page document, which will make you feel uncomfortable, to say the least. I have been through the same experience and in this post, I am going to help you … Read more
In this article, let us learn what FreeRTOS is, what are its parts, and how to effectively use it in our projects. When I started out learning about FreeRTOS, I was not able to find good short resources to read, and hence I had to spend weeks reading a 400-page eBook, see a bunch of … Read more
Today I ran into my very first stack overflow bug. It was a frustrating experience to find the actual bug as I had to go through all of my code and double-check the logic, buffers, pretty much my entire code before I was finally able to detect that the bug I got was due to … Read more
When I heard the term IMU for the first time, I thought it was some cool technology that is beyond my understanding. But once I got some experience playing with it, and got to understand what it physically measures that fear vanished quickly. In this post, I have tried to explain what IMU sensors are, … Read more
While I was preparing for my CompTIA Network+ certification, I found myself googling for reliable information about the exam, in terms of how many questions will be there, what will be the type of questions asked, what will be the grading system and passing score but I was unable to find this info. I just … Read more
Timers play an important role in embedded systems, their duty, of course, is to maintain timing for operations, be it controlling the blinking rate of the LEDs or controlling the sampling rate of the ADCs, or a simple delay on the source code. Beginners to this field tend to have some trouble understanding the basics … Read more
As a person working in embedded industry, a typical question that I come across frequently from people outside the industry is what do embedded hardware engineers do. So I have written this post to address that question. What do Embedded Hardware engineers do? The main duties of embedded hardware engineers include selection of components, designing … Read more
I am working as an embedded software engineer and I have often been asked this question of what does embedded software engineers do. I am writing this article to explain what we do, how we do it, varieties of embedded software, skills needed to do develop each kind, types of companies you get to work … Read more